Leanne took his hand, watching his face as if she expected him to recoil. Does she really think this would change anything? It’s like finding out he’d won the lottery when he’d forgotten he even bought a ticket. For someone like him, this was a bonus prize, not a horrible secret.

“You’re pretty close on most of those. Neuromancy does impact the mind, and it extends to illusions and glamours as well. Vivimancers can change living things with magic. That includes healing and creating new plants and animals. It’s powerful, but it can also be…dangerous. Necromancy is a rare affinity, and good witches don’t meddle with it. I’m unusual in that I don’t have a major attunement, but I can dabble in everything. To get powerful results, I need help from the coven.”

“What are you strongest in?” Trev asked.

“Neuromancy. I do my best work in glamours. Next, it’s probably divination, but I’m weak at it compared to Ethel, so I usually leave it to her.”

“Right, your coven…mates?” Trev didn’t know if he was using the right word for them, but since Leanne didn’t correct him, he ran with that choice. “What are their specialties? If you’re allowed to tell me.”

“I am. That is what’s so magical about passing this proposal with the council.”

“Guessing you don’t mean the city council.”

“There is some internal witch stuff I’m not supposed to talk about, so suffice to say, yes, I can tell you what everyone specializes in. Vanessa is enchantments and vivimancy, and her sculptures are literally magical. Both Danica and Clem are technomancers, as you could guess from their business name. They’re so strong that I don’t even know what their minor attunement is. Kerry and Priya, likewise, only they’re vivimancers. Ethel is a diviner with minor attunement for enchantments. Margie is a neuromancer, though not a superstrong one.”

“Wow.” This was so much information that his head was spinning.

Not necessarily in a bad way, but like, it hadn’t quite sunk in that this was all real. He kept waiting for her to crack up laughing and admit this was all an elaborate prank, but so far, her beautiful face remained utterly earnest. He took a steadying breath.

“What?” she asked.

“This might come across wrong, I don’t know, but…could I see the real you? Without the glamour in place.”

Chapter 29

Maybe it shouldn’t, but that felt like a knife twisting in Leanne’s heart.

“Are you worried about what you’ve married?” she asked.

“No, but I think it’s a fair request, all things considered.”